10/15/2012

Make It Up: A Pocket for Pippa...

Today I'm the first to share our story and craft for Make it up! What fun!
This little story was born in our teepee.
Violet and I laid among the pillows and the warm sunshine streamed in
and then, suddenly, without really even realizing it, we were telling a story.

It's a story about two little girls. Sisters. One named Alice and one named Pippa. Alice is a good deal older than Pippa. Alice often helps out by taking care of her little sister Pippa (and little brother, baby Luca, too...but he shows up in later stories, not today's, the original.)

This is how Violet started telling the story. She came up with the names and developed the characters. She sent them off on a walk, and passed it on to me, where I began to tell a bit and then we continued to pass our story back and forth between the two of us.

I give you, the first installment of Alice and Pippa (and baby Luca) stories. There have been many, many more since this story, but this is where it all started...

Once upon a time there were two sisters, Alice and Pippa. Alice was much older than Pippa and often helped to take care of her little sister. But Alice didn’t mind.

One day Alice and Pippa decided to go explore in the woods nearby their house. They walked and walked. Often Alice would have to stop and turn around to look for Pippa.“Pippa?!” she yelled. “Where are you? Pippa!”

And then she saw Pippa off on the side of the trail bending over to pick something up and put it in her pocket. That’s Pippa for you, thought Alice, always looking for “treasure”.

Pippa ran up to Alice shouting “Alice, Alice, look what I found!” and she held out a shiny , smooth, rock and an acorn.

“Very cool Pippa! Put them in you pocket so you don’t loose them and then you can put them in your treasure jar when we get home” said Alice.

So off they continued on their walk, with Pippa stopping often to pick up “treasures” as she went.
Eventually they decided it was time for them to turn around and go home, it was getting late.

When they arrived home Alice told Pippa to put her treasures in her treasure jar. But, when Pippa fished for her treasures in her pockets she found nothing!

Pippa ran to tell Alice, “Alice, Alice!! My treasures are gone!”

“What do you mean Pippa, didn’t you put them in your pockets?”

“Yes, but they aren’t there anymore” said Pippa.

Alice inspected Pippa’s pockets, “Oh no Pippa, you have holes in your pockets. Your treasures must have all fallen out.”

Pippa was very upset about loosing all of the things she had found on her walk. Alice felt badly too, because she knew that that was one of Pippa’s favorite things about exploring in the woods, treasure hunting.

Alice had an idea, it wouldn’t get Pippa’s treasures back, but it would help it to not happen again. She set to work, cutting and sewing and cutting and sewing...

“Yes, it’s a pocket, a pocket for Pippa!” said Alice. “It’s your exploring pocket Pippa. It’s for all of your treasures. This way you’ll know just where they are all the time”

A big smile grew across Pippa’s face, “Oh thank you Alice!!”

The next day Pippa and Alice went off on another exploration walk. They walked hand in hand through the woods, except, of course when Pippa was stopping to pick up some “treasure” to put in her "Pippa Pocket".

The End.

(A little about how I made Pippa's pocket follows...)

Our story definitely draws from some real life experiences, but later stories have become much more imaginative.

Just after we told our first story I knew I wanted to make Violet her own "Pippa Pocket" (her name for it). So, we looked through my fabric to find some fabrics perfect for Pippa. We chose lots of nature fabrics,for the adventurous Pippa. After that, I turned them into little hexies (here's a good tutorial with templates).

I hand sewed the hexies together, leaving the center open. After I had my hexies all sewed together I ironed on some clear vinyl to the front and the back of the hexies. Next, I sewed the hexies onto some linen (that I had leftover from this) around the outside and inside perimeters.

After the hexies were sewn on I carefully snipped the linen away on the inside to make a clear "window".

Once I had my little windows made I added some velcro to the insides of each piece of linen, made a little tie and then sewed it all up.

This little girl is sort of how I imagine Pippa, which is why she ended up on the pocket...
Violet's eyes lit up just as Pippa's did when she saw her "Pippa Pocket" for the first time.

The clear window helps Violet, er Pippa, to look down and check on her treasures while she's out and about

Off for an adventure...
The "Pippa Pocket" has actually been made for some time now (thus the long haired pictures...) and we have been getting a great deal of use out of it on our nature walks...

I hope you enjoyed our story. And our craft.

And, I hope you are having fun telling and making yourselves...

Be sure to join us tomorrow for some more "Make it Up" stories and crafts.

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Today I'm the first to share our story and craft for Make it up! What fun!
This little story was born in our teepee.
Violet and I laid among the pillows and the warm sunshine streamed in
and then, suddenly, without really even realizing it, we were telling a story.

It's a story about two little girls. Sisters. One named Alice and one named Pippa. Alice is a good deal older than Pippa. Alice often helps out by taking care of her little sister Pippa (and little brother, baby Luca, too...but he shows up in later stories, not today's, the original.)

This is how Violet started telling the story. She came up with the names and developed the characters. She sent them off on a walk, and passed it on to me, where I began to tell a bit and then we continued to pass our story back and forth between the two of us.

I give you, the first installment of Alice and Pippa (and baby Luca) stories. There have been many, many more since this story, but this is where it all started...

Once upon a time there were two sisters, Alice and Pippa. Alice was much older than Pippa and often helped to take care of her little sister. But Alice didn’t mind.

One day Alice and Pippa decided to go explore in the woods nearby their house. They walked and walked. Often Alice would have to stop and turn around to look for Pippa.“Pippa?!” she yelled. “Where are you? Pippa!”

And then she saw Pippa off on the side of the trail bending over to pick something up and put it in her pocket. That’s Pippa for you, thought Alice, always looking for “treasure”.

Pippa ran up to Alice shouting “Alice, Alice, look what I found!” and she held out a shiny , smooth, rock and an acorn.

“Very cool Pippa! Put them in you pocket so you don’t loose them and then you can put them in your treasure jar when we get home” said Alice.

So off they continued on their walk, with Pippa stopping often to pick up “treasures” as she went.
Eventually they decided it was time for them to turn around and go home, it was getting late.

When they arrived home Alice told Pippa to put her treasures in her treasure jar. But, when Pippa fished for her treasures in her pockets she found nothing!

Pippa ran to tell Alice, “Alice, Alice!! My treasures are gone!”

“What do you mean Pippa, didn’t you put them in your pockets?”

“Yes, but they aren’t there anymore” said Pippa.

Alice inspected Pippa’s pockets, “Oh no Pippa, you have holes in your pockets. Your treasures must have all fallen out.”

Pippa was very upset about loosing all of the things she had found on her walk. Alice felt badly too, because she knew that that was one of Pippa’s favorite things about exploring in the woods, treasure hunting.

Alice had an idea, it wouldn’t get Pippa’s treasures back, but it would help it to not happen again. She set to work, cutting and sewing and cutting and sewing...

“Yes, it’s a pocket, a pocket for Pippa!” said Alice. “It’s your exploring pocket Pippa. It’s for all of your treasures. This way you’ll know just where they are all the time”

A big smile grew across Pippa’s face, “Oh thank you Alice!!”

The next day Pippa and Alice went off on another exploration walk. They walked hand in hand through the woods, except, of course when Pippa was stopping to pick up some “treasure” to put in her "Pippa Pocket".

The End.

(A little about how I made Pippa's pocket follows...)

Our story definitely draws from some real life experiences, but later stories have become much more imaginative.

Just after we told our first story I knew I wanted to make Violet her own "Pippa Pocket" (her name for it). So, we looked through my fabric to find some fabrics perfect for Pippa. We chose lots of nature fabrics,for the adventurous Pippa. After that, I turned them into little hexies (here's a good tutorial with templates).

I hand sewed the hexies together, leaving the center open. After I had my hexies all sewed together I ironed on some clear vinyl to the front and the back of the hexies. Next, I sewed the hexies onto some linen (that I had leftover from this) around the outside and inside perimeters.

After the hexies were sewn on I carefully snipped the linen away on the inside to make a clear "window".

Once I had my little windows made I added some velcro to the insides of each piece of linen, made a little tie and then sewed it all up.

This little girl is sort of how I imagine Pippa, which is why she ended up on the pocket...
Violet's eyes lit up just as Pippa's did when she saw her "Pippa Pocket" for the first time.

The clear window helps Violet, er Pippa, to look down and check on her treasures while she's out and about

Off for an adventure...
The "Pippa Pocket" has actually been made for some time now (thus the long haired pictures...) and we have been getting a great deal of use out of it on our nature walks...

I hope you enjoyed our story. And our craft.

And, I hope you are having fun telling and making yourselves...

Be sure to join us tomorrow for some more "Make it Up" stories and crafts.

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